Example sentences of "[adv prt] [coord] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I beg to move , That this House , noting that the ten million people today living on or below the income support level of less than £40 a week for an adult represent the greatest numbers in poverty in Britain since the war , and that the Government has as a deliberate policy over twelve years further impoverished the poorest one third of the nation to make the rich richer , calls on the Government to reverse its policies of increasing poverty and unemployment and to give priority to the growing millions excluded from the rights and opportunities of real citizenship by increasing pensions by £5 per week for a single pensioner and by £8 a week for a married couple , by re-instituting the pension link with earnings which the Government broke twelve years ago , and by restoring to families the losses in child benefit from three years of government freeze . |
| 2 | Yet the 1986 figures from the Department of Health and Social Security suggest that almost 9 million , a sixth of the total British population are living on a wage which is on or below the SB poverty line . |
| 3 | More than half New Yorkers are ‘ minority ’ voters , and roughly two-thirds of them live on or below the poverty line . |
| 4 | It has been estimated that three-quarters of the elderly , compared with one-fifth of the non-elderly , live on or below the poverty line . |
| 5 | The social hierarchy in English towns took the same shape as in the countryside , tapering from a broad base composed of those who lived on or below the poverty line to a few outstanding wealthy families . |
| 6 | The campaign has been given additional clout this weekend , with referees under instruction to dismiss instantly anyone guilty of head-high tackles on or off the ball , and not to send them to the sin-bin where they have gone too often in the past . |
| 7 | The bottom line is , of course , that Yorkshire have signed a fine cricketer who is good enough to do well wherever he is either on or off the field . |
| 8 | It must also be said that a plain boiled ham presented on or off the bone is a delight to the jaded palate and should not be ignored because it remains undistinguished by any special cure . |
| 9 | The Colemans were driven to Filanta Court , on Archbishop Makarios Avenue , and handed the keys of No. 62B , a large three-bedroomed apartment with a balcony overlooking the port of Larnaca from which everybody getting on or off the ferry from Lebanon could be observed through binoculars . |
| 10 | They 've been building it for God knows how long , cancelling trains , people ca n't get on or off the platforms . |
| 11 | A full on-licence enables the licensee to sell liquor for consumption either on or off the premises to any member of the public who is permitted by the law to consume it . |
| 12 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , no person shall , except during the permitted hours : ( a ) sell or supply to any person in any licensed premises , or licensed canteen , or in the premises of a registered club any alcoholic liquor to be consumed either on or off the premises , or consume in , or take from , any such premises any alcoholic liquor . |
| 13 | The foundation stage is then followed by , or merges into , a more specific stage which provides a more specialized education or training , which may be on or off the job , or a mixture of both . |
| 14 | But he did n't stop drinking on or off the set . |
| 15 | How many passengers is it envisaged will get on or off the trains at Stratford ? |
| 16 | But , perhaps more importantly , no other player could ( Law 18. ( 2 ) ( d ) ) wilfully fall on or over a player lying on the ground with the ball in his possession . |
| 17 | Some of these fungi , Phurmomyces for example , are known to occur only on or between the tarsal claws at the tips of the insect 's legs . |
| 18 | ‘ Even if you woke the child up to clean his or her teeth , some sugar is bound to be retained on or between the teeth . ’ |
| 19 | Erm a late picture , say on or about the day befor when it packed up which was erm July nineteen fifty nine for passenger servicing . |
| 20 | It was generally held on or about the feast day of the patron saint to whom the church was dedicated . |
| 21 | It is sufficient here to treat as a futures or option contract any contract whose terms contemplate future performance and which is made on or under the rules of a market cleared by a clearing house . |
| 22 | Thus it fell to one of the rank-and-file to make a lucky find that brought them at last to the downs : and probably saved a life or two ; for they could hardly have spent the night in the open , either on or under the hill , without being attacked by some enemy or other . |
| 23 | But they had sort of decoration that was tacked on or on the inside of the coffin . |
| 24 | Thus , the first payment should be on or after the date on which the Deed of Covenant is signed . |
| 25 | The date on the audit report should be the date on which the auditors sign the report , which should be on or after the date of board approval . |
| 26 | 6.4 At any time on or after the Completion Date either the Landlord or the Tenant being ready and willing to complete the Lease and perform [ its ] other obligations under this agreement may ( but without prejudice to any other available right or remedy ) by notice to the other invoke the provisions of clause 6.5 |
| 27 | Duration : AN INITIAL PERIOD OF 3 YEARS AND THEREAFTER SUBJECT TO 3 MONTHS ’ NOTICE TO EXPIRE ON OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL PERIOD |
| 28 | Duration : AN INITIAL PERIOD OF 3 YEARS AND THEREAFTER SUBJECT TO 3 MONTHS NOTICE TO EXPIRE ON OR AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF THE INITIAL PERIOD |
| 29 | The physical presence in the territory of the country of establishment must therefore be such as to enable such effective and genuine activities to be pursued on or from the territory of the country of establishment . |
| 30 | ‘ It shall be the duty of the licensee to secure that — ( a ) no such occurrence involving nuclear matter as is mentioned in subsection ( 2 ) of this section causes injury to any person or damage to any property of any person other than the licensee , being injury or damage arising out of or resulting from the radioactive properties , or a combination of those and any toxic , explosive or other hazardous properties , of that nuclear matter ; and ( b ) no ionising radiations emitted during the period of the licensee 's responsibility — ( i ) from anything caused or suffered by the licensee to be on the site which is not nuclear matter ; or ( ii ) from any waste discharged ( in whatever form ) on or from the site , cause injury to any person or damage to any property of any person other than the licensee . ’ |